Classrooms cleaned and sanitised; consent letter from parents mandatory Mysore/Mysuru: After a gap of nearly nine months, school and college managements are preparing to meet all the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to resume offline classes for SSLC and Second PUC from tomorrow (Jan.1). Meanwhile, some parents are worried to send their wards to schools. Educational…
Beware! Cops in mufti are ready with camera to ‘shoot’ New Year violations
December 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Planning to launch special DJ party? Hold on. Armed with cameras, Cops in mufti will visit all pubs, clubs, bar and restaurants in city to cross-check whether special parties are held stealthily. Sources told Star of Mysore that already a number of Cops have been assigned with the task of paying surprise visits to…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: December 31, 2020
December 31, 2020Mysuru reports 48 new COVID-19 positive cases, 50 discharges and 2 deaths today.
Mysuru-Goa flight in high demand
December 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With lots of restriction on New Year celebrations in city, Mysuru party revellers are heading towards Goa to welcome 2021 in their own style. Mysuru Airport Director R. Manjunath told SOM that since last one month, the occupancy rate had been around 90 percent on both directions. In fact, this has emerged as one…
Retd. Dy.SP’s suicide linked to woman’s murder at Belakavadi?
December 31, 2020Mandya: Mandya Superintendent of Police (SP) K. Parashuram has stated that retired Dy.SP Hanumanthappa, who committed suicide at Vijayanagar in Bengaluru, is suspected to be involved in the murder case of a woman identified as Saraswathi of Belakavadi village in Malavalli taluk, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances two months ago. Disclosing this at…
Lady sentenced to 6 months jail for negligent driving
December 31, 2020She was involved in a car accident that resulted in the death of a two-wheeler rider on Feb. 28, 2016 Mysore/Mysuru: City’s 4th Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court has sentenced a Bengaluru-based lady driver to six months imprisonment besides imposing a fine of Rs. 2,000 after she was found guilty of rash and negligent driving…
Senior IAS Officer P. Ravi Kumar is new Chief Secretary of State
December 31, 2020Bengaluru: Going by seniority, the State Government yesterday appointed Additional Chief Secretary P. Ravi Kumar, a 1984 batch IAS officer, as the new Chief Secretary of Karnataka. The incumbent Chief Secretary, T.M. Vijay Bhaskar, will retire today following his supera-nnuation. 58-year-old Ravi Kumar is the second senior-most IAS officer of Karnataka cadre after Bhaskar. Bhaskar…
Merchants Co-operative Bank announces 25 percent dividend
December 31, 2020Bank’s net profit stands at Rs. 5.76 crore Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore Merchants Co-operative Bank in city has announced a dividend of 25 percent on the shares of its members. Announcing this at the 61st AGM of the Bank held virtually recently, Bank President R. Anand said that the dividend cannot be released for now due…
Khadi gown to make entry into UoM Convocation
December 31, 2020Panel set up to suggest design and colour Clamour grows for traditional Mysore Peta Mysore/Mysuru: If everything goes well, you will see the guests in newly-designed Khadi attire to present gold medals and confer honorary degrees on students in the next Convocation of University of Mysore (UoM). A decision to say good-bye to silk/velvet material…
Year-end cheer: India closer to COVID vaccine after UK nod
December 31, 2020Expert panel to reconvene and further deliberate on vaccine approval tomorrow New Delhi: The United Kingdom (UK) yesterday approved Coronavirus vaccine developed by University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, paving way for its rollout at a time when the country is in the grip of its worst wave of infections, and offering an important endorsement that…
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